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BARTON P. JENKS, 0F PROVIDENCE. RHODE ISLAND, ASSIG'NOR TO GOR HAM MANUFAC- TURING- GOMPANY, 0F"PROVIDENCE, *RIIODE' ISLAND, A COBPORATIOK 01E RHODE ISLAND.

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Patented May '7, 1 918.

- Application filed September 6, 1917. Serial No. 190,016.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, BARTON P. JnNKs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Serving-Dishes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto certain new and useful improvements in serving dishes, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a dish of this character which has a central support for the meat and a gravy receptacle at each end of the dish so as to confine the gravy in the pockets, also to provide means to cause the gravy to flow into the pockets so as to enable all of the same to be easily removed from the dish. A further object of the invention is to provide a dish possessed of the foregoing advantages and which also aflords a firm and substantial footing so as to prevent tilting of the dish.

Further andother objects will be later set forth and manifested in the course of the. following description.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a top plan view of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a centrallongitudinal sectional view, and

Fig. 3 is a central transverse sectional view.

The dish is formed to have aplatform or raised part 1 which provides a meat support, and preferably a rim 2 which in outline cor-v responds to that of the dish proper. While an oval shaped dish is depicted in the drawings, it will be understood that other shapes may be used equally as well. I

A channel 3 is formed on each'side of the dish, preferably by shaping the dish as depicted in the drawings. These channels have their highest parts at the points indicated by the arrow heads of Fig. 1 and thence incline downwardly at their ends in opposite directions and merge into the gravy receptacles or pockets 4 formed at each end of the dish. In this manner it will be apparent that ways going that since the gravy and juices drainingfrom themeat or the channels will be into the pockets, thus enabling thegravy to be readily and easily removed, and at the same time to enable all of the gravy to be used, since same will altend to flow toward the pockets throughout the time the dish isin use.

As shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the

otherwise entering caused to gravitate ends of the meat support 1 are bowed or so as to provide en- I curved inwardly at 5 largements, which together with the ends of the channels form the gravy pockets enabling a spoon or ladle to be easily placed in the pockets to remove the gravy therefrom. I

It will also be apparent from the foreottoms of the pockets 4, as shown in Fig. 3, extend throughout practically the entire bottom part of the dish, firm and substantial footings are provided preventing accidental tilting of the dish in use. The bottoms of the channels 3 at their deepest portions assist in the latter stated advantage, since as shown in Fig. 2, the parts 66 of thebottoms of the channels form side feet, or seats which engage the table or the like and assist the bottoms (5f 121138 pockets 4: in preventing tilting of the It will thus be apparent from the foregoing that the gravy will always gravitate to the pockets, and that juice draining from the meat will enter the pockets, or entering the channels will be carried by the latter into the pockets. and side supports, the latter extending out from the end supports thus forming substantially U-shapedsupports or feet at each of the ends of the dish.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- In a servingdish, a body having a raised central meat supporting platform andhaving a channel surrounding the platform, and a gravy pocket at each of the ends of the dish, the bottoms of the gravy pock- The dish also has end supports ets extending in the plane of the bottom this specification in the presence of two of'the channel at the ends of the latter, said subscribing Witnesses. channels each having dlvergent bottoms extending from the transverse center of the BARTON JENKS' 5 platform and leading into the, respective Witnesses:

pockets. ADA E. HAGERTY,

In testimony I have signed my name to J. A. MILLER.

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